With all the production toing and froing (hopefully) sorted out, what will the film actually be about then? Well, from the sounds of the official press release, it will certainly be an origin story, setting up the rivalry between Professor X and Magneto that occupied the original trilogy.

The film will apparently, “chart the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.”

The synopsis elaborates further: “Before they were archenemies, they were the closest of friends, working together, with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.”

Yep, sounds like an origin story to us and Singer himself has confirmed that, “it’s basically about the formation of the X-Men.” However, Singer knows the X-Men universe inside out, so expect plenty of character depth, and gleeful references to the comic books. With a bit of luck this should be a far cry from the usual “how they got their powers” plod…